COMMENCAL META AM 29 SRAM EDITION

EDITORIAL

ECHO CHAMBERS

FOLGEFONNA SUNRISE

Pete Scullion makes the sunrise count on this Norwegian tour.

GUIDING LIGHT

Tom Hill looks at why hiring a local guide, despite GPS and the internet – even in our over-explored island – is still money well spent.

Jason Miles

FACE TO FACE

YOU SHOULD NEVER GO BACK… OR SHOULD YOU?

Sanny reflects upon whether trail nirvana lightning can strike twice.

QUICK. CHANGE.

Chipps quizzes Chris Akrigg just before he announces his new bike sponsor, GT, after 12 years on Mongoose.

DEBORAH DELANO

FINDING THE LINES

CORNISH CLASSIC

Barney journeys back to his Cornish roots to bring you this West Country classic ride.

CLIMBING, FOR THE FUN OF IT.

Self-confessed climb-lover Rich Rothwell reckons that you’re missing out on half the fun if you don’t learn to love the ups as much as the downs.

STAFF RIDES

Chipps and the Singletrack test crew get the enviable, but surprisingly difficult, job of reviewing the bikes that they’ve chosen as long termers for the next (or last) few months.

IBIS RIPLEY MK4

Price: £3,099.00 frame only. Approx £8,000 as built

JULIANA MAVERICK CARBON CC X01 RESERVE

Price: £7,799.00 From: Santa Cruz UK, santacruzbicycles.co.uk

STOOGE MK4

Price: £550.00, frame and fork. Approx £1,300.00 as

BIKE TEST VERDICT

Dare we draw a parallel with the room full of monkeys

FIVE MINUTES WITH: CEDRIC GRACIA

Andi gets Cedric Gracia to slow down for long enough to spend five minutes answering the questions we ask everyone.

WHAT’S ZERMATT’ER WITH YOU?

Emma and Carly head off to a different part of the mountains in their homemade camper. This time, it’s Zermatt and the Matterhorn that are getting all the attention. Only now, Carly does the storytelling…

JUST ONE LAST RUN.

Tim Oates looks at why you should never give in to that one extra run after you’ve stopped for the day.

THE FRIGID SECRETS OF UKRAINE

Three Polish friends prove that bikepacking and packrafting trips are not just for summertime. OK, maybe they are.

GAME PLAN

Do you have the wrong plans? Or is planning itself the thing that’s wrong?